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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Emylie Howie

Popular Paisley cafe announces closure as boss pays emotional tribute to customers

Renfrewshire’s hospitality industry has suffered another blow – as the cost-of-living crisis makes trading not “viable” for small local businesses.

Blend coffee lounge announced on Facebook that its Causeyside Street store will be closing its doors in the “next few weeks” after eight years of serving the community.

Managing director Alan Baird took to social media in an emotional video, stating that the Paisley coffee shop was “proud” of the choices it had made and that all of the staff’s lives had been “enriched” by interactions with customers who had become like “friends and family”.

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